Brighter Smiles: Service Learning, Inter-professional Collaboration and Health Promotion in a First Nations Community

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Public Health
• Main Authors: Harrison, Rosamund L., MacNab, Andrew J., Duffy, Damian J., Benton, David H. J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer International Publishing 2006
• Subjects: Practice; Hartley Bay; First Nations; Tsimshian; Tsimshian*
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6975780/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16827416; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03405594

Objective: The goal of Brighter Smiles was to improve children’s dental health in a remote First Nations community in British Columbia in the context of a service-learning experience for pediatrics residents. Setting and Participants: The provincial Ministry of Health had competitive funds available...